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Solar recycling could lose its silver lining, expert tells inquiry, as case for mandatory fee stacks up
As solar module makers use fewer valuable materials to get prices down, questions arise about the impact on recycling. But industry says this is a problem that can be solved with a mandatory fee.
Rachel Williamson
Oct 7, 2026
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Policy & Planning
Solar recyclers call on government to reboot pilot scheme before end of year or face new environmental crisis
Solar recycling industry calls on federal government to unblock the national pilot scheme and get it going before year’s end.
Rachel Williamson
Sep 18, 2026
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Renewables
Researchers “froth” over new solar recycling method that recovers 99 pct of silver from used panels
A new take on a widely used mining technique called froth flotation can recover “virtually all” of the metallic silver from an end-of-life solar panel, according to new research from the University of Newcastle.Â
Rachel Williamson
Aug 13, 2026
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Solar
“A very real risk of breaking:” Councils demand solar recycling as they face avalanche of panels into landfills
Councils fear the consequences of millions of tonnes of solar panels expected in next decade for landfills at breaking point.
Rachel Williamson
Aug 3, 2026
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Renewables
Solar smuggling: Illegal exports of broken panels is killing the PV recycling industry
illegal exports of used solar panels are still a major threat to efforts to establish a solar PV recycling industry in Australia.
Rachel Williamson
Jul 23, 2026
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Solar
Australia’s solar PV recycling plans on hold after flagship pilot project suspended
Flagship pilot program to set up 100 sites around the country to collect used solar PV panels has been suspended, with no word on when it might resume.
Rachel Williamson
Jul 17, 2026
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Solar
Solar waste crisis: Federal Labor launches search for national recycling pilot administrator
Federal government launches quest to find a suitable partner to “arrange, manage, deliver, and report” on this year’s National Solar Panel Recycling Pilot.
Sophie Vorrath
Mar 27, 2026
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Solar
Solar recycling: eWaste outfit gets $5m equity boost to reboot panel processing plant
Leading e-waste processor will add solar recycling to its repertoire after getting financial backing to reboot a panel processing facility in NSW.
Rachel Williamson
Jul 18, 2024
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From solar to EVs: Five green tech supply chains that could deliver $215 billion boost to Australia
BZE report says Australia could reap $215 billion if it moved into supply chains and manufacturing for solar, wind, batteries, heat pumps and commercial EVs.
Rachel Williamson
May 8, 2024
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Policy & Planning
Queensland backs solar recycling pilot, starting with “thousands” of rooftop panels
Queensland Labor tips $5m into a recycling pilot to tackle the PV waste problem looming on the flipside of its rooftop solar success story.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 12, 2024
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Policy & Planning
Solar, battery recycling, hydrogen tech snag latest CRC grants
Recycling was a big theme for round 15 of these grants, which are for research ideas that can be commercialised.
Rachel Williamson
Feb 14, 2024
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Renewables
Used solar panels could supply Australia’s next resource boom: study
UNSW study finds that effective solar module recycling practices could eliminate the need to mine for materials to make new PV. Instead, we would “mine from waste.”
Rachel Williamson
Feb 7, 2024
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